art in all its forms

art in all its forms

6/1/10

Heino Schmid, maker of exquisite collages and more, talks @ Alice Yard

From I Spend My Time Humming (2009)

The amazing Bahamian artist Heino Schmid is in Trinidad. READ more below.


FROM THE ORGANISERS:

Alice Yard is currently hosting its second Commonwealth artist-in-residence: Heino Schmid from the Bahamas. He is a 2009 recipient of the Commonwealth Foundation’s Commonwealth Connections international arts residency, and has chosen to use his award grant to visit and work in Trinidad.

On Friday 4 June, 2010, at 7.30 pm, Schmid will give an informal talk at Alice Yard about his previous work and his interest in Trinidad. This is an opportunity for artists and others to meet him and learn about the contemporary art scene in the Bahamas. All are invited.

About the artist:

Heino Schmid was born in 1976 in Nassau, the Bahamas. In addition to his own practice, he is adjunct lecturer for the School of Communication and Creative Arts at the College of the Bahamas; curator of the Central Bank of the Bahamas Art Gallery; and exhibitions director of Popopstudios Centre for the Visual Arts, a non-profit artists’ co-op where he also holds a studio. Schmid will be living and working at Alice Yard until September. For further information, visit his website: www.heinoschmid.com.






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